International Family Folk Dance, Adults & Children

Cost $5 per personDrop in welcome or pay in advance using form below. You may pay for more than one session by using the spaces button.

International Folk Dancing for all ages and abilities. No previous experience required. All ages welcome at all times. Line, Circle, and Couple Dances (no partner needed) from around the world will be taught or reviewed. Instructors are parents who have experience performing and teaching.

Taught by: Linda Mansdorf and Michael Sternberg

Linda Mansdorf and Michael Sternberg are a husband-wife team who met dancing over 25 years ago and have been dancing, performing and teaching since. Linda’s parents met learning how to dance. She grew up with a love of the foreign music and rhythms, and learned the dances at a young age. She went on to perform with the George Tomov Yugoslav folk dance ensemble, traveling and performing in the former Yugoslavia as well as in the USA (Riverside Church, Lincoln Center and Symphony Space). Mike has been dancing since his college days, when he saw young men performing a vigorous men’s dance. He performed in an international folk dance ensemble and in a Hungarian dance troupe in Austin, Texas; and he performed in the Tomov troupe with Linda in NYC. They enjoy sharing their love of ethnic dances with others and have taught in NYC and Peekskill.

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